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Why Should I Trust You?Author: Brinda Adhikari, Tom Johnson, Maggie Bartlett, Dr. Mark Abdelmalek
Bold, unfiltered, and uncompromisingly honest, Why Should I Trust You? is a weekly podcast that looks at the breakdown in trust for science and public health. It drops every Thursday, with occasional additional special episodes sprinkled in. Hosted by Brinda Adhikari, the former executive producer of The Problem with Jon Stewart and a former TV news journalist; Tom Johnson, the former executive producer of The Circus, and also a former TV news journalist; Dr. Maggie Bartlett, a virologist and assistant research professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; and Dr. Mark Abdelmalek a skin cancer surgeon, a medical journalist and a dermatologist practicing in Philadelphia - each week we try to figure out what is behind this staggering collapse in trust and see if we can rebuild towards trust again. Language: en-us Genres: News, News Commentary, Science Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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A Conversation w Sen. Cory Booker: On Our Health, Corrosive Money in Politics & America’s Urgent Moment. A Message to MAHA, RFK Jr & His Own Party.
Episode 31
Thursday, 11 June, 2026
Senator Cory Booker joins us for a conversation about our dire chronic health crisis, the corrosive effects of corporate money in our politics, the power of making healthy food affordable, and our taxpayer-subsidized systems that fuel our chronic disease epidemic. These are issues he's been sounding the alarm on for years. Today, the New Jersey Democrat has a new message for his own party: rather than resist the supporters of MAHA, it's time to stand with them.Long before MAHA, Booker was raising the very concerns now at the heart of the movement. But while much of his party has greeted MAHA with suspicion and hostility, Booker is making a different argument: Democrats should find common ground wherever possible.So where, exactly, does he see common ground with MAHA? Can Democrats work with the movement while fiercely disagreeing on vaccines and other critical issues? And how does he answer critics in his own party who see MAHA not as a health movement but as an extension of MAGA?Today, as he pitches a new coalition: why should MAHA trust him? And why should his own party?Hosts:Brinda AdhikariTom JohnsonMaggie Bartlett (producer)Dr. Mark AbdelmalekGuest:Senator Cory Booker, D-NJNew to us? Check out these three episodes to get a taste! Inside A Rare Conversation Between MAHA Grassroots and Public Health Leadershttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-should-i-trust-you/id1788335471?i=1000706783000The Hepatitis B Birth Dose Vaccine: Do We Need It? An Honest Conversation w Dr. Paul Offit & Dr. Michael Minahttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-should-i-trust-you/id1788335471?i=1000727322530A Conversation with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya: On the NIH, CDC, Funding, DEI & His Vision For Doing Sciencehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-should-i-trust-you/id1788335471?i=1000751774699Thanks for listening! If you like us, please leave a review, rate us, and please subscribe! Got questions? Comments? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at questions@whyshoulditrustyou.net







